Farm to Cafeteria Canada webinar series: Sharing Evaluation Tools to Support Farm to School Programs
Posted: February 16, 2022
Categories: Good Food Ideas for Kids / School Food News / Schools / Webinars
Farm to Cafeteria Canada (F2CC) is hosting an upcoming Evaluation Webinar Series to help farm to school folks get started with their evaluation work.
Over the course of this series, speakers will share:
- What they set out to evaluate and why
- What evaluation tools they used to measure the success of their programs
- How they implemented the evaluation process and developed their tool(s)
- Reflections on what successes they had and what and challenges they encountered
- Reflections on how their evaluation findings were used to communicate with decision-makers
Sign up for the following events at the links below:
- On Monday, March 7th, at 1 p.m. EST, join Airin Stephens from Roots to Harvest. Roots to Harvest offers young people the opportunity to engage meaningfully in the food system as growers, market gardeners and lifelong learners. Register for this event here.
- On Thursday, March 24th, at 1 p.m. EST, join Andrew Fleet from Growing Chefs! Ontario. Growing Chefs! Ontario unites chefs, growers, educators and community members in children’s food education projects. Register for this event here.
- On Tuesday, March 29th, at 1 p.m. EST, join Rebecca Tran from The Station Food Company. The Station Food Company is located in Newport Station, Nova Scotia, and is a food production facility with a focus of getting more local food into schools and other institutions. Register for this event here.
This webinar series comes after the release of a Farm to School Evaluation Framework for Canada, developed by Farm to Cafeteria Canada, with the input of over 140 individuals from diverse sectors across the country. This framework articulates priority outcomes and indicators that people want to see measured relating to 4 impact areas: Public Health, Education, Community Economic Development and the Environment.